A poster often functions as an effective advertising medium or as a design accent to beautify a space. Aside from these common uses, it can also be a multi-purpose print material because of its versatility. Make the most out of your posters by trying out all or any of these creative poster ideas:

Creative Poster Ideas to Try

1. Poster Calendar

If you can’t find a calendar that suits your taste in the retail stores, you can design your own and have it printed fast online. The good thing about poster calendars is that you do not have to tear or flip any pages when the month ends. You can just post it on your wall and all the 12 months are there for you to see. Since a calendar will be displayed all year round, it’s best to make it look as unique and interesting as possible.

To give you more ideas, I scoured the web for calendar design samples that are truly creative and inspiring. Check them out to boost your creativity!

• Mash creative Limited Edition A1 2010 Calendar

• Accept&Proceed 2010 Calendar

• Spiral Calendar 2010

• REKORD Calendar

• AisleOne 2010 Calendar

• True Story 2010 Calendar

• Paul Ibou: Logos, Posters & Calendars

• Vintage Calendars

2. Infographics

Engage more people to focus on your next office presentation by delivering your report with the use of colorful infographics posters. Decorate your children’s rooms with cool information posters about the water cycle, cloud formation, animal food chain, and other educational topics to make learning more fun and interesting. Infographics can also be used as decorative pieces to accentuate your home or office. Check out some of the unique information poster designs I’ve put together to keep your inspired.

3. To-do List

Aside from saving your to-dos on your mobile phone or other electronic gadgets, you can create traditional to-do list posters and display inyour home or office. With it’s undeniably large size, a poster will be very difficult to ignore. This way, you’ll always have a big reminder of your schedules and appointments.

4. Recipes

Spruce up your kitchen with recipe posters of your family’s all time favorite dishes. Use a theme that fits your kitchen’s overall design. This recipe poster I found on Flickr for example, will look good in a contemporary kitchen. Make the posters more presentable by placing them in lovely picture frames or by mounting them.

5. Invitations

Announce your event or party using an invitation poster instead of standard size invites. Distribute posters easily by rolling, folding, or placing them in envelopes. Impress your guests by creating cool posters like the designs from our previous post on 20+ Awesome Party Poster Design Samples.

If you have other creative poster ideas in mind, please feel free to share it with us in the comments! For more poster design tips and inspiration, subscribe to the OnlinePosterPrinting Blog via email or RSS.

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